MdL Polled Hereford heifer sale grosses $53,605
_ top-selling heifer at last week's Md. Polled Hereford Assn.'s Red.. . and Blue salt
the champion senior heifer consigned by Falklands Farm, Schellsburg.. Herdsman Doug Staple
stands at the head of the high-priced Hurrah daughter that sold to Tamsey Farms, Easton, Md.
for $17,600. - ,
The champion cow-calf pair was consigned by Pleasant Knoll Farm, Frederick, Md. Bill and Pat
Pleasants sold their Polled Hereford pair to Ann Corcorhan of Potomac, Md. for $1,735.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Senate recently passed the Futures
grading Act of 1982, H.R. 5447,
reauthorizing the Commodity
Exchange Act and the Com
modities Futures Trading Com
mission for a period of two years.
Senator Jesse Helms, chairman
of the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, said the legislation was
particularly important in that "it
affords Congress an opportunity to
review the Act and the operations
of the CFTC, in light of the
dramatic changes that have taken
place in the futures industry since
1978.” Changes were last made in
the Futures Trading Act in 1978. ■
"There has been a tremendous
amount of growth in futures
trading in the last few years,” said
Helms. "This is especially true in
the area of financial instruments.
The public has become in-
creasingly involved in futures
markets, both as individual
iirustoiners and through
'"professionally managed 'com
modity pools."
The bill codifies the CFTC’s
portion of the jurisdictional'
agreement made earlier this year
between the. CfTC and the
Senate passes
Securities Exchange Commission.
The bill authorizes the states to
play an increased role in the
prosecution of commodity fraud,
which limits the amount of time
the CFTC may take to review new
contract proposals and contract
market rules. It also removes the
statute y ban on the sale of
agricultural commodity options,
provides. for judicial review of
CFTC .emergency actions, and
authorizes the agency to
restructure its reparations
program.
The
By a vote of 27-66, the Senate
rejected an amendment which
would have instituted user fees for
future transactions. The Senate
did, however, adopt an amend
ment to assure the sanctity of '
agricultural commodity export
contracts, except in times of war
or national emergency.
In other action last week, the
Senate adopted the following
legislation:
• H.R. 6142, authorizing the
Commodity Credit Corporation to
convert some of its surplus stocks
of grain into fuel alcohol. The fuel
would be used primarily by the *
government for or-
CFTC reauthorization
industrial use, although some
could be sold commercially.
• H.R. 2035, authorizing certain
animal health technicians of the
Department of Agriculture who
patrol the U.S.-Mexican border to
carry firearms for self-protection.
These technicians, commonly
known as “tick . riders,” are
charged with preventing the illegal
entry of animals into the U.S., thus
protecting U.S. livestock from
dangerous diseases apd parasites.
An amendment to the bill also
was passed to require imported
table grapes to meet the same
standards for grade, size, quality
and maturity as those placed on
domestic grapes under Federal
marketing orders. The House of
Representatives subsequently
agreed to the bill, as amended,
clearing the measure for the
President.
• H.R. 6164, authorizing the
Secretary of Agriculture to im
plement the Agreement on the
International Carriage of
Perishable Foodstuffs and on the
Special Equipment to be Used for
Such Carriage, known as the ATP.
The bill calls for the Secretary of
Agriculture to dstablish a program
FREDERICK, Md. The
Maryland Polled Hereford
Association held their 12th Annual
Red, White & Blue Sale of Quality
Females last Saturday here at the
fairgrounds. The sale grossed
|53,605 on 46 lots to average $492.
Topping the sale at $17,500 was a
March 1981 daughter of Graystone
Hurrah out of an Enforcer dam
selling bred to “Hotline”,
Canadian Agribition champiop.
She sold to Tamsey Farms of
Easton, Md. and was consigned by
Falklands Farm of Schellsburg,
Pa. She .was Champion Senior
Heifer of the sale show held earlier
in the day.
High selling cow-calf pair at
$2,200 was lot 36, a consignment of
Huckleberry Hall Farm,
Smithsburg, Md. She sold to John
and Linda Worthington, Clear
Spring, MD., with a heifer calf at
side by HHF Enforcer 57L and
rebred to the same bull.
THo <’hampio r > cow-calf pair was
N I
calf champion heifer, also a Hurrah daughter. She sold for
$1,745 to John Wilkins of Shepherdstown, W.Va. At halter is
Dave Wise, herdsman.
for the voluntary inspection,
testing and certification of special
transportation equipment used by
(J.S. companies to transport
perishable foodstuffs abroad.
An amendment to th£ bill was
adopted to authorize the President
to appoint an additional Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture. The
effect of the amendment is to
convert the present USDA position
of Assistant Secretary for Ad
ministration from a career service
position to a Presidential ap
pointment.
• H.R. 6865, amending the
Perishable Agricultural Com
modities Act (PACA), which is
designed to suppress unfair and
fraudulent practices in the
marketing of fresh and frozen
fruits and vegetables by
establishing a code of fair trading
in the marketplace, and aid in the
enforcement of contracts for
marketing these commodities. The
bill requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to accept the payment
of monetary penalties for
misrepresentation violations
which relate to mark, label and
stencil, provided they are not
flagrant'violations. The bill also
Lancaster. Fanwing,Saturday, October 9,1982—A31
consigned by ' Pleasant Knoll
Farms, Frederick, Md. and sold
with a bull calf at side by FLF Eni.
9031 to Ann Corcoran, Potomac,
Md. for $1,735.
A January 1982 daughter of
Graystone Hurrah was Junior Calf
Champion' and sold to John
Wilkins, Shepherdstown; W. Va.
for $1,725. She was a consignment
from .Spring Bottom Farm,
Fairfield, Pa.
The Champion Pen was con
signed by .Suzanne Schmidt,
Monkton, Md.
The top steer calf consigned by
Jack Shanks, Mocksville, N.C.,
sold for $1,550 to Judy Heflich of
Bellemeade, N.J. Three cer
tificates and semen on Graystone
Engraver were donated by Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Rosenberry, Hager
stown, Md. to benefit the Maryland
Polled Hereford Queen Fund;
these were purchased by Mr.
Eaton of Farmersville, N.Y. for
$175 per certificate.
requires U.S. residents asserting a
claim assigned by a nonresident to
post a bond as required if the claim
were asserted in the name of the
nonresident.
• H.R. 6422 and H.R. 3881,
directing the. Secretary of
'Agriculture to release on behalf of
the Federal Government a
reversionary interest in tracts of
land in Connecticut and Arkansas,
respectively.
The Senate also confirmed the
nomination of Fowler C. West to be
a~ Commissioner of the Com
modities Futures Trading Com
mission. West is a former Staff
Director of the House Agriculture
Committee and a professional staff
member of that committee.